Daydream

Daydream

AI-powered fashion discovery shopping agent

Overview

Daydream is an AI-driven retail platform that provides a chat-based shopping agent for fashion. It uses natural-language understanding to interpret questions and offer personalized product recommendations, reducing irrelevant search results. The service centers on discovery, guiding online shoppers to clothing and accessories from about 8,000 brands through a conversational interface, with revenue likely coming from commissions on sales. Its goal is to improve the shopping experience by delivering relevant, personalized recommendations and helping brands connect with shoppers through an agent-driven flow.

Significant Headcount Growth

About Daydream

Simplify's Rating
Why Daydream is rated
C
Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated D+ on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Consumer Software

AI & Machine Learning

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$50M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2023

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Catalog expanded to over 10,000 vetted brands since June 2025 launch.
  • $50M seed funding from Forerunner Ventures and Index Ventures fuels growth.
  • iOS 26 Liquid Glass integration optimizes UI for premium visual shopping.

What critics are saying

  • Google's Gemini agent captures users via Search integrations within 3-6 months.
  • Amazon's Rufus erodes 20% commissions using Prime data in 6-12 months.
  • OpenAI's Operator automates purchases, obsoleting Daydream's interface in 6-12 months.

What makes Daydream unique

  • Daydream's AI masters fashion nuances like color, cut, and occasion unlike generalized models.
  • iPhone app leverages Apple's visual intelligence for screenshot-based shopping from 10,000 brands.
  • Chat-to-shop with 'Say More' feature evolves recommendations through user interactions.

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Funding

Total Funding

$50M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

1 Rounds

Notable Investors:
Seed funding is usually the first official round after pre-seed, when a startup has a prototype or concept. It’s typically used to develop the product, test the market, and start building the team. Investors here are often angel investors or early-stage venture capitalists.
Seed Funding Comparison
Above Average

Industry standards

$3.3M
$2M
Netflix
$2.3M
Instacart
$3M
Robinhood
$50M
Daydream

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Remote Work Options

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-4%

1 year growth

9%

2 year growth

7%
PR Newswire
Nov 18th, 2025
Daydream Launches Design-Forward iPhone App to Advance AI-Driven Fashion Search

Daydream launches design-forward iPhone app to advance ai-driven fashion search. News provided by. Leveraging Apple's latest visual intelligence capabilities, Daydream introduces a next-generation shopping experience that turns inspiration into instant discovery. NEW YORK, Nov. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Daydream, the AI-powered fashion discovery platform, today announced the launch of its new iPhone app, a continuation of its mission to reimagine online shopping. At the core of Daydream's experience is its proprietary fashion AI, a system deeply trained on global fashion catalogs and visual semantics. Unlike generalized search models, Daydream's AI understands fashion nuances like color, cut, and occasion and continuously learns each user's unique sense of style. Through its chat-to-shop experience and "Say More" feature, shoppers can refine preferences and receive context-aware recommendations that evolve with every interaction. With this new app, Daydream is thoughtfully designed for visual-first shopping and takes full advantage of the new design with Liquid Glass in iOS 26. The shopping app enables seamless conversation with the Daydream agent while browsing product results. Leveraging Apple's visual intelligence framework, Daydream allows users to search and shop directly from a screenshot - whether it's a street-style look, an editorial image, or a saved post. Daydream instantly matches each image to shoppable products from a catalog of more than 10,000 vetted fashion brands and retailers. "With Apple's visual intelligence capabilities, we saw an opportunity to make Daydream even more intuitive where seeing becomes shopping," said Julie Bornstein, Founder and CEO of Daydream. "By tapping directly into this feature, our app can understand styles a user is viewing on their iPhone screen and instantly surface fashion matches from all the best brands in real time, turning visual inspiration into frictionless shopping." Core UI components within the Daydream app such as chat input to navigation deliver a seamless, visually immersive shopping experience, and the new design introduced with iOS 26 adds clarity and depth to every interaction. "From optimizing rendering for the Liquid Glass elements to ensuring our UX patterns align with the new design in iOS 26, our goal was to create something that feels both familiar and refreshingly delightful for people who love to shop," said Maria Belousova, Chief Technology Officer of Daydream. "We're building an intelligent layer over the world of fashion. One that understands taste, context, and individuality," Bornstein said. "By pairing deep domain expertise and AI with next-generation design, we're redefining what intelligent shopping feels like. Daydream ensures its technology and design meet these high-value consumers where they already expect premium digital experiences." About Daydream Daydream is the first chat-based AI shopping agent built exclusively for fashion. Designed to redefine how people search and discover fashion, Daydream offers a personalized, conversational experience powered by advanced AI and natural language understanding. Shoppers can engage naturally through text or images to find exactly what they're looking for from the largest branded fashion catalog of its kind, featuring over 10,000 brands across every style, category and price point. Led by e-commerce veteran, CEO and founder Julie Bornstein, Daydream raised $50 million in seed funding from top-tier investors, including Forerunner Ventures, Index Ventures, Google Ventures and True Ventures. The company is led by a team with experience at Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Pinterest, Nordstrom, Stitch Fix and Farfetch, and is committed to using technology to transform the future of online shopping for fashion. To download the app, visit: Apple App Store Correction: An earlier version of this release did not have the link to download the app below the About Daydream. SOURCE Daydream

BytesWall
Jun 25th, 2025
Daydream Unveils AI Fashion Discovery Platform for Personalized Shopping

Daydream unveils AI fashion discovery platform for personalized shopping.

TechBooky
Jun 25th, 2025
Daydream AI Fashion Chatbot Raises $50M

Daydream, an AI-fashion startup by Julie Bornstein, has launched its public beta with $50 million in seed funding. The platform aims to transform online shopping by using natural conversation instead of search bars. Users create a "style passport," and the chatbot suggests items from 8,500 labels, checking real-time inventory. Daydream takes a 20% commission per sale. The goal is to make fashion discovery more human and potentially become a key affiliate engine for retailers.

PR Newswire
Jun 20th, 2024
Daydream Secures $50 Million In Seed Funding to Launch New AI-Powered Search and Discovery Shopping Platform

/PRNewswire/ -- Today e-commerce tech and retail veteran Julie Bornstein along with co-founders Matt Fisher, Dan Cary, Lisa Green and Richard Kim announce they...

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